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...'Operetta Album' DECCA 473473 Segovia Collection vols. 1-4 Andres Segovia DG 474607 - 474610 Mozart: Late Symphonies (3 CDs Mid) Leonard Bernstein, VPO DG 474349 Sibelius: Syms 1-7 (3 CDs Mid) H...
...mporary compositions(i.e. last 50 years) you all would recommend. I'm up to my eighth complete set of Brahm's symphonies and my eleventh Beethoven 9th. I think it might be time to widen my horizons a ...
Can anyone recommend a good web site that has program note-type information about Dvorak's symphonies 1-5? Thanks,
...nces, although the 1964 Pathetique is a pretty good performance of a work I don't particularly like. The late symphonies are different performances than the DG double set which date from the 1970s. Th...
Any recomendations for the Symphony in Three Movements, Symphony in C and Symphony of Psalms? I am rather new to these pieces and so far have heard Davis/Bavarian Radio for first two and Fricsay for t
A very harsh review of Beethoven's 5th and 6th symphonies conducted by Blomstedt (the same recording that is part of the complete Brilliant Classics set): http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2003/Au
... the program. True, the recovered concerto is from an early work and gives little foretaste of the majestic symphonies he wrote while going deaf. The movement reveals a cautious Beethoven - then a 2...
Ansermet and Beethoven I just received Ansermet's Beethoven Symphonies on a 5CD Italian Decca set. I got it from HMV Japan. Italy via Japan. Wouldn't it be nice if it was released here in the States
...s . Shebalin , Violin Concerto (B.Shulgin w.USSR Symph./Provatorov) : RDCD 11052 RUSSIAN DISC Parsadanian , Symphonies 1 & 2. (Moscow Radio Orch.& USSR Symph./ Svetlanov. Total Time: 77'11') RDCD 1...
Speaking as someone who was not terribly impressed by the Barshai box of Shostakovich symphonies (which I found surprisingly tame), with one exception, I was delighted to see that Regis has released h
Deutsche Grammophon announced a May 2003 release of their reissue of Bernstein's recordings of Mozart symphonies. The set is part of their Trio series. Has anybody on this list seen it yet? I've check
...d in both boxes. Good 1950s mono sound, the younger Grumiaux on fire, and Krips more lively in the last three symphonies than in his remakes. Symphony #40, listened to on headphones, sounds something ...
... 20th century stuff that doesn't really interest me the whole set looks to be very worthwhile. The only LvB symphonies by FF missing from my collection are 2, 4 and 6. Did he ever record these or di...
I've just ordered (amongst other things) from zweitausendeins the Schumann symphonies twofer with the ASMIF conducted by Marriner for the price of Eur 3,99. I had previously made some search in this N
...is uncertain. Anybody got any definitive updates on this? Or on Marco Polo's heroic attempt to record all the symphonies? Are these two efforts related? What about sponsoring midi, synthesizer, or s...
Hello! Does anyone have any opinions about this complete set of Prokofiev Symphonies? Thanks! Larry Eckerling
Is there a way to obtain all of the Harris Symphonies on CD, either boxed or individually? Would it be worthwhile to try to obtain such a set? Regards,
I'm putting together a 'mixed set' of Beethoven symphonies recorded in the mono era only ... the best the age has to offer. Suggestions wanted about which perfs. of #1 and #9 would be very welcome! He
... '42 recording of that mvt for Telefunken. I wonder if those who know the '49 7th from EMI CD set of Bruckner symphonies (or from Toshiba CD) noticed some evidence of 'gain riding', or if it is just a...
TOWER just informed me that they are unable to obtain the complete set of Shostakovich symphonies w/ Barshai (Brilliant Classics). Anyone know where they are available? TYIA (thank you in advance)
Which are the best sounding recordings of Beethoven´s symphonies?
...at I've heard: Drahos (Naxos): I think Drahos is probably the worst conductor that Naxos uses for the Haydn symphonies. It sounds very monotone, unlike the HIP and HIP-influenced recordings that I l...
Anyone know if there is a 'critical' edition of Shostakovich Symphonies or at least who was his official publisher to reference when ordering
...release individual CDs from Rattle's Beethoven set? After reading the reviews I'm eager to hear some selected symphonies, but those same reviews have left me too wary to invest in the entire set....
I recently got the Mendelssohn Complete Symphonies Brilliant Classics box from Berkshire, mostly just to have Masur's String Symphonies. My first sampling of the disks was the Symphony No. 1 (the Op.
...g out a more chamber atmosphere. Seeing that the LG are/were the Mendelssohn house, I've never listened their symphonies - where to start ? Though I have the PCs J-Y Thibaudet and Bloomstedt, which is...
...4-6 with the VPO he made, or were they the same recordings in different packaging? By which I mean, there are Symphonies Nos. 4-6 in the Karajan Gold packaging with pictures of Karajan on each cover, ...
...ok was unnecessarily dismissive in his Fanfare review - seemed to me quite as good a piece as the 3rd and 5th symphonies. But puzzled me was a sticker on the shrink wrap that read: 'Caution: DO NOT ...
.....you guessed it, more orchestral pieces that sound like Mendelssohn. Many of you recommended Niels W. Gade's symphonies. I have since then acquired 2, 3, 4, and 7 on BIS with Jarvi. The first time ...
These are much better than his symphonies. I have several. Two of the major ones, I am lacking, are Snow Maiden and Christmas Eve. Any recommendations on what versions one should try to get and what t
I have Kuijken's recording of Nos. 82-87 (Veritas) and thought they were pretty good. I was going to purchase the two cd set of Nos. 88-92, but the PENGUIN GUIDE is, to put it mildly, far less than en
Shelving some CDs the other day, I realized that I have THREE complete set of the Sibelius symphonies with Berglund: two on EMI (with Helsinki and( Bournemouth) and another on Finlandia (with the COE)
... £8.09 SX5K87342 DELIUS The Complete CBS Recordings Sir Thomas Beecham Sony 5cds £22.12 SMK87963 MOZART Symphonies Nos.36, 38 & 39 Sir Thomas Beecham Sony £8.09 SMK87798 SIBELIUS Symphony No....
...are different symphony versions than usual. How is it like? Finally I'm very interested in Klemperer Brahms symphonies... I know his German Requiem and I find it the best (I have also Giulini, Karaj...
I'm trying to put together a reasonably representative set of C. P. E. Bach cds. I have Hogwood's Six Hamburg Symphonies, wq 182 and Leonhardt's wq 183. My online research efforts have pointed me towa
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